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St. Louis Browns @ Detroit Tigers

1917-06-20 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 6357 · 1:54

St. Louis Browns defeated Detroit Tigers 3–2. St. Louis Browns put up 2 in the 4th. Eddie Plank earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	8
DET	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7

W: Eddie Plank L: Willie Mitchell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Moriarty · 1B: Billy Evans · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Burt Shotton	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jimmy Austin	4	0	0	0	1	0
George Sisler	5	0	2	0	0	0
Baby Doll Jacobson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Hank Severeid	2	1	1	0	2	0
Armando Marsans	3	1	1	0	0	0
Del Pratt	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Johnson	4	0	2	1	0	1
Eddie Plank	3	0	1	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Donie Bush	4	1	1	0	0
Ralph Young	3	0	1	0	0
Ty Cobb	4	0	1	1	0
Bobby Veach	3	0	0	0	1
Sam Crawford	4	0	0	0	0
Harry Heilmann	4	1	2	0	0
Ossie Vitt	4	0	0	0	0
Tubby Spencer	3	0	2	1	0
Willie Mitchell	2	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eddie Plank	9.0	7	1	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Willie Mitchell	7.0	7	4	2
Bernie Boland	2.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Burt Shotton: 13
Jimmy Austin: 2/FL
George Sisler: D7
Baby Doll Jacobson: K

Bot 1

Donie Bush: D7
Ralph Young: 14/SH.2-3
Ty Cobb: S7.3-H
Bobby Veach: 36(1)/FO
Sam Crawford: 46(1)/FO

Top 2

Hank Severeid: W
Armando Marsans: 13/SH.1-2
Del Pratt: 31.2-3
Ernie Johnson: 43

Bot 2

Harry Heilmann: S5/BG.B-3(E5/TH)
Ossie Vitt: 6/F
Tubby Spencer: 13
Willie Mitchell: 7/FL

Top 3

Eddie Plank: 8/F
Burt Shotton: W
Jimmy Austin: W.1-2
George Sisler: 13.2-3;1-2
Baby Doll Jacobson: 8/F

Bot 3

Donie Bush: 8/F
Ralph Young: S7
Ty Cobb: 7/L
Bobby Veach: CS2(24)

Top 4

Hank Severeid: W
Armando Marsans: S2/BG.1-2
Del Pratt: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Ernie Johnson: S8/G.3-H;2-H(E2/TH2)(NR)(UR);B-2
Eddie Plank: SB3
Eddie Plank: K/BF
Burt Shotton: CSH(12)

Bot 4

Bobby Veach: W
Sam Crawford: 13.1-2
Harry Heilmann: 53.2-3
Ossie Vitt: 8/F

Top 5

Burt Shotton: 13
Jimmy Austin: 63
George Sisler: S5/G
Baby Doll Jacobson: CS2(26)

Bot 5

Tubby Spencer: S8
Willie Mitchell: 14/SH.1-2
Donie Bush: 9/F
Ralph Young: PO2(2E6).2-3
Ralph Young: 63

Top 6

Baby Doll Jacobson: 99
Hank Severeid: 99
Armando Marsans: 99

Bot 6

Ty Cobb: 99
Bobby Veach: 99
Sam Crawford: 99

Top 7

Del Pratt: E5/G.B-1
Ernie Johnson: S9.1-3
Eddie Plank: HP.1-2
Burt Shotton: 42(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Jimmy Austin: 5/FL
George Sisler: 46(1)/FO

Bot 7

Harry Heilmann: T/F8D
Ossie Vitt: 99
Tubby Spencer: D.3-H
Willie Mitchell: 99
Donie Bush: 99

Top 8

Baby Doll Jacobson: S1/G
Hank Severeid: D.1-3
Armando Marsans: FC1/G15.3XH(1);2-3
Del Pratt: 5/P/FL.3XH(5E2)(UR)
Ernie Johnson: SB2
Ernie Johnson: K

Bot 8

Ralph Young: 99
Ty Cobb: 99
Bobby Veach: 99

Top 9

Eddie Plank: S
Burt Shotton: 13/SH.1-2
Jimmy Austin: 99
George Sisler: 99

Bot 9

Sam Crawford: 99
Harry Heilmann: 99
Ossie Vitt: 99

Notes & reviews

First time as HP umpire at Navin Field for ex-Tiger player George Moriarty. This is Moriarty's first season as ML umpire.
Marsans tapped to P Boland by the foul line; he tagged the runner out trying to score from 3rd base.

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